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Vor 2 Tagen · Bayard Rustin (/ ˈ b aɪ. ər d / BY-ərd; March 17, 1912 – August 24, 1987) was an American political activist, a prominent leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin was the principal organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963.
- Presidential Medal of Freedom
- August 24, 1987 (aged 75), New York City, U.S.
- March 17, 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.
29. Apr. 2024 · Bayard Rustin (born March 17, 1912, West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 24, 1987, New York, New York) was an American civil rights activist who was an adviser to Martin Luther King, Jr., and who was the main organizer of the March on Washington in 1963.
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Vor 2 Tagen · With Bayard Rustin, Randolph called for 100,000 black workers to march on Washington, in protest of discriminatory hiring during World War II by U.S. military contractors and demanding an Executive Order to correct that. Faced with a mass march scheduled for July 1, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 on ...
- August 28, 1963; 60 years ago
13. Mai 2024 · Co-operative News. Bayard Rustin – who was one of Martin Luther King’s key advisors, as well as a planner of the Montgomery bus boycott, a leader in his own right for social movements for peace, civil rights, non-violence, and LGBTQ+ rights – is famous today for organising the 1963 March on Washington – the political ...
Vor 2 Tagen · The Freedom Riders were inspired by the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, led by Bayard Rustin and George Houser and co-sponsored by the Fellowship of Reconciliation and the then-fledgling Congress of Racial Equality (CORE).
25. Apr. 2024 · In 1942, civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin reported back to his fellow activists about the mood in Black communities. “‘How can I get a decent job?’ is invariably the question,” he wrote (Rustin 2012). At the time of Rustin’s writing, unemployment was 3.26 percent ( National Bureau of Economic Research n.d. ).
25. Apr. 2024 · By. Neely Swanson. November 10, 2023. Bayard Rustin is a name that should be on the lips of anyone discussing civil rights and its historic leaders. That he’s not is a tale worth telling because he was the one who gave Martin Luther King Jr. that dream.
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